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Jurisdiction: England, Scotland, Wales
Commencement: 30th September 2020
Amends: The Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012 (SI 2012/2782) as amended
The Feed-in Tariffs Order 2012 (SI 2012/2782) as amended makes requirements for Feed in Tariffs. They set the maximum capacity for small scale low carbon electricity generation for Feed in Tariffs. The Regulations provide for the accreditation of installations, the operations of the registry and general administrative functions.
This amendment order provides extensions for certain small-scale renewable electricity generators to apply for accreditation under the Feed-In Tariffs scheme (“FIT scheme”) and comes into force on 30th September 2020. This is due to potential delays in commissioning projects due to the Coronavirus (COVID–19) pandemic.
ROO-FIT scale installations, whose preliminary accreditation validity period would have ended on or after 1st March 2020 and Microgeneration Certification Scheme scale community energy installations that pre-registered between 1st March 2019 and 31st March 2019 are given an additional 12 months to commission and apply for accreditation.
The time period to commission and apply for accreditations for these installations are now as follows:
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Jurisdiction: Scotland
Commencement: 24th April 2020
Amends:
The Electricity Generating Stations (Applications for Variation of Consent) (Scotland) Regulations 2013
The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/101)
The Electricity Generating Stations (Applications for Variation of Consent) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 require the person applying to the Scottish Ministers for a variation, to provide a place where people can view the application for variation. The Electricity Works (Miscellaneous Temporary Modifications) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 removes this requirement during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency i.e. it is not necessary to provide public access to view the application for variation. This applies from 24th April 2020 until 30th September 2020 unless otherwise amended.
The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017
The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 contain various requirements for developers and planning authorities to make documents including the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report, screening and scoping opinion, and other additional information available for inspection by members of the public.
The Electricity Works (Miscellaneous Temporary Modifications) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 vary this requirement temporarily during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency, by removing the requirement for documents to be made available for inspection in hard copy, and replacing it with a requirement to make them available remotely in electronic format. This applies from 24th April 2020 until 30th September 2020 unless otherwise amended.
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